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Tom Nigl, doctoral candidate in materials science and engineering (MatSE) at Penn State, was awarded the Intercollege Graduate Student Outreach Achievement Award from the Graduate School for outreach efforts that promote science within society.

Two projects involving MatSE professors are included in the new Penn State research projects that have been funded by Institute for Computational and Data Sciences seed grants, in conjunction with supplemental funding from the colleges of Arts and Architecture, Earth and Mineral Sciences; Information Sciences and Technology; Education; and Engineering. 

In retirement, Penn State Professor Gary Messing hasn’t moved far at all from a material that’s defined his 40-year career. He’s just seeing it from a different point of view.

The Penn State Center for Structural Oncology (CSO) is shifting some of its focus from fighting cancer to fighting COVID-19, with three projects.  

A few years ago, Hannah Patel felt overwhelmed. Like many first-year college students, Patel struggled to adjust to her college classes and was unsure of how to get involved in her major. Now a Penn State senior majoring in earth science and policy in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS), Patel has spent the last four years finding her place on campus – and is ready to help current underclass students do the same.

A team of researchers from Penn State and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) developed software that’s being used by engineers and scientists around the world to make advances in materials modeling, space technology development and data science.

When it comes to increasing electric storage efficiency and electric breakdown strength — the ability of an electrical system to operate at higher voltage and temperatures with great efficiency — increasing one traditionally has led to a decrease in the other. Penn State researchers, led by Qiming Zhang, distinguished professor of electrical engineering, recently developed a scalable method that relies on engineered materials to increase both properties.

Four graduate students in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MastSE) were awarded 2020 Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation.

Looking back on his 35 years in the industry and building products arena, John A. "Jack" Coppola can count his accomplishments.

As Penn State Materials Research Institute prepared for its 2019 Materials Day event – held Oct. 29-30 – 3M was busy reinforcing its relationship with Penn State to advance research activities with a new $900,000 commitment over the next three years.